Non Stanford wins the World Series in Cape Town

Ainhoa ​​Murua finished in eleventh position getting in the seventh position of the World Ranking.

The third round of the ITU Triathlon World Series has landed in Cape Town (South Africa) where many triathletes are looking for their classification in the Rio Olympics,

In the women's event, which was disputed over sprint distance,  Ainhoa ​​Murua, Miriam Casillas, Carolina Routier y Anna Godoy They represented the Spanish team.

At 14:00 p.m. the starting gun was fired, where Flora Duffy and Carolina Routier came out in the lead with a 16-second advantage over the chasing group. Anna Godoy and Ainhoa ​​Murua did a great sector coming out of the water in sixth and ninth position respectively.

In a fast cycling sector of 20 km of travel, Flora Duffy imposed a strong rhythm leaving alone obtaining a maximum advantage of 30 seconds, Finally the great work of the chasing group, where they were Jodie Stimpson, Standford, Ainhoa ​​Murua, Miriam Casillas, Carolina Routier and Anna Godoy reached the British a few meters from T2.

In the first meters of the 5 km of running, a group of 5 formed by Duffy, Standford, Holland, Stimpson and Haug marched ahead taking distance on their persecutors True, Norden among others.

In the last kilometers of the test Duffy and Holland got off the grid leaving the fight for the victory between Standford, Stimpson and Haug

Finally, the victory was for the British Non Standford entering the goal with a time of 00:59:48 in second position entered the Jodie Stimpson to 7 seconds and the Flora Duffy  got the third final place.

Ainhoa ​​Murua I finish in the eleventh position; Miriam Casillas 23ª, Carolina Routier ª 27 

Photo: @triathlonlive